Voters Favor Drug Testing Lawmakers
Pennsylvania is considering legislation that would require all state lawmakers be tested for illegal drugs, and voters think that’s a great idea.
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October 16, 2018
October 15, 2018
43% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
For the second week in a row, 43% of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, this time according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 11.
October 15, 2018
Voters Reject Clinton’s Call for Incivility
Hillary Clinton last week urged Democrats not to be civil with Republicans over political issues, prompting rare disagreement from former First Lady Michelle Obama. Voters also disagree with Clinton but, unlike her, don’t expect things to improve even if Democrats return to power in Congress.
October 15, 2018
Voters Don't Care Much For Celebrities, Outside Campaign Cash
A lot of voters don't like it when candidates in their state finance their campaigns with money from outsiders, and they aren't moved much by celebrity or political endorsements from out-of-staters either.
October 13, 2018
How Brett Kavanaugh Framed Himself as a Martyr to the #MeToo Movement By Ted Rall
Innocent until proven guilty.
October 13, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 13, 2018
While Category 4 Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida panhandle and the Mid-Atlantic States this week, stock market selloffs driven by rising interest rates and international trade uncertainties tore into capital valuation and retirement portfolios. But the downturn paused yesterday, the same day a Turkish court ordered the release of American Pastor Andrew Brunson.
October 12, 2018
Voters Have More Faith in U.S. Elections These Days
Voters are now more confident than they have been in over six years that U.S. elections are fair to voters, though more than one-in-four still think it’s too easy to vote in this country today.
October 12, 2018
Consumer Spending Update Consumer Confidence Marches Upward
With the release of last week’s jobs report reflecting a near 50-year low for unemployment, consumer confidence has started to rise once again.
October 12, 2018
Don't Look for Civility Unless Democrats Win in November By Michael Barone
"You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about," Hillary Clinton told CNN last Tuesday. Her words cannot be taken literally, for you can be civil if you want to; they're a statement that she doesn't want to.
October 11, 2018
Fewer Americans Now See Workplace Sexual Harassment As a Serious Problem
Discussions of sexual harassment and sexual assault still dominate the public and political sphere. Nonetheless, slightly fewer Americans now consider sexual harassment in the workplace a serious problem than they did a year ago, even though the number of instances hasn’t changed.
October 11, 2018
Support for Dumping Electoral College Is Down
Voters are less enthusiastic these days about taking the Electoral College out of the presidential election process. Interestingly, opponents of the Electoral College are less likely to know what it does.
October 11, 2018
For Voters, Trump More Help Now to Candidates
As midterm elections draw nearer, voters see President Trump as more of a positive than they did a year ago.
October 11, 2018
Midterm Update: North Dakota Goes to Leans Republican, Giving the Republicans a Clearer Edge in the Senate By Kyle Kondik
Because we know readers want to see the up-to-the-minute state of play, we’re going to be publishing our Senate and gubernatorial maps, along with our House ratings tables, at the top of the Crystal Ball each week from here to the election. One can also always find our ratings at our Crystal Ball site as well as the UVA Center for Politics-Ipsos Political Atlas, which also features projections based on poll-based modeling and social media metrics.
October 10, 2018
Following Record Jobs Report, Fewer Than Ever Know Someone Unemployed
The latest jobs report released Friday shows unemployment at a 49-year low, and fewer Americans than ever now know someone out of work.
October 10, 2018
GOP Voters Madder, More Likely to Vote Because of Kavanaugh
Republicans are madder about the Kavanaugh controversy than Democrats are and more determined to vote in the upcoming elections because of it.
October 10, 2018
Generic Congressional Ballot Is All Tied Up
With less than a month to Election Day, the Generic Congressional Ballot is now dead even.
October 9, 2018
Nearly Half Favor Student Depression Screenings
Schools in New Jersey may soon be required to screen all middle and high school students for depression, and with teen suicide rate climbing, many think that’s a good idea.
October 9, 2018
Kavanaugh Wins Popular Vote, Too
It’s a done deal: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is now a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, and voters tend to think that’s okay.
